Unit 2 Exploring English 单元达标检测-【精讲精练】2023-2024学年高中英语必修第一册外研版（课时作业）

[本卷满分120分，考试用时100分钟]

第一部分　阅读(共两节，满分50分)

第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、 D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Hello and welcome to English with Lucy.Today we have another topic：“Four Common British Expressions”．Now, before we get started, make sure you connect with me on all my social media which is right here.You can subscribe to my YouTube.You can also like me on Himalaya.And for my Chinese followers, I have my Weibo account as well.

Four Common British Expressions：

“A piece of cake.”

And this is very similar to “easy­peasy, lemon squeezy，” which we've discussed in a former video.And basically, it means very easy.So I might come out of an easy exam saying, “That exam was a piece of cake.”

“Break a leg！”

It actually looks really rather cruel, but I promise you it's positive.And “Break a leg！” means “Good luck！”．So before a race, before a job interview, before a test, instead of saying “Good luck！”， I might say “Break a leg！”

“It cost an arm and a leg.”

And this basically means something was really expensive.If I say, “My bag cost an arm and a leg，” I mean it cost a lot of money.

“To call it a day.”

And this means “to end a task”．So, for example, “I'm feeling a bit tired.I think I'll call it a day.”That means “I think I'll stop here.Let's finish.”

Thank you so much for watching this program of “Four Common British Expressions”．I hope you like it, and I hope you've learned something.

[语篇解读]　本文是一篇广播。文章介绍了四个常见的英式表达。

1．How can Chinese listeners connect with Lucy?

A．With WeChat.　　 B．Through Weibo.

C．On Himalaya.  D．By YouTube.

解析　细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“And for my Chinese followers, I have my Weibo account as well.”可知，中国听众可以通过微博和露西联系。

答案　B

2．What should you say to him when John went to an English Speech Competition?

A．Break a leg!

B．It cost an arm and a leg.

C．To call it a day.

D．A piece of cake.

解析　细节理解题。根据小标题“Break a leg！”部分中的“And ‘Break a leg！’ means ‘Good luck！’．So before a race...say ‘Break a leg！’”可知，当约翰要参加英语演讲比赛时，你应该对他说“Break a leg！(祝你好运)”。

答案　A

3．What does he/she mean when the teacher says “Let's call it a day.” ?

A．He/She will stop that day.

B．He/She feels tired.

C．Class is over.

D．It is daytime.

解析　推理判断题。根据小标题“To call it a day.”部分中的“And this means ‘to end a task’．”可推知，当老师说“Let's call it a day.”时，意思是“(课已结束)下课吧”。

答案　C

B

One day I was calculating my household expenses when I heard a knock at the door.I opened the door and saw two ragged (衣衫褴褛的) children huddling (蜷缩) together.

“Any old papers, lady？” asked one of them.

I was busy.I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet.They were wearing thin little sandals (凉鞋)，wet with heavy snow.

“Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”

They walked in and sat down at the table.Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor.I served them cocoa and bread with jam to fight against the cold outside.

The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it.Then she asked, “Lady, are you rich？” The girl put her cup back in its saucer (茶杯托) carefully and said, “your cups match your saucers.” Her voice was hungry for a need that no amount of food could meet.

They left after that, holding the bundles of papers against the wind.They hadn't said “Thank you”．They didn't need to.They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence.But they matched.I tasted the potatoes and

stirred (揽动)the meat soup.Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my husband with a good steady job—these matched, too.

I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room.The muddy prints of small sandals were still wet upon my floor.Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I was.

[语篇解读]　本文是一篇记叙文。文章记叙了作者帮助了两个贫穷的孩子，也从孩子那里明白了富有的真正意义的故事。

4．Why did the children come to the author's house?

A．Because they wanted to beg for some old papers.

B．Because they wanted the author's pity for them.

C．Because they wanted to sell old papers to the author.

D．Because they wanted to see how rich the author was.

解析　细节理解题。根据第二段中的“‘Any old papers, lady？’ asked one of them.”可知，这两个孩子想讨要一些旧报纸。

答案　A

5．Why did the author think they didn't need to say“Thank you”？

A．Because the children were impolite.

B．Because the children inspired her.

C．Because it was her pleasure to help them.

D．Because she did not care about it.

解析　推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful”可知，他们提醒了我，我有那么多值得感激的东西。由此可推知，孩子们启发了作者。

答案　B

6．What can decide whether you are rich or not according to the passage?

A．How much money you have.

B．What job your husband is doing.

C．How you have helped others.

D．How you feel about your life.

解析　推理判断题。通读最后两段可知，作者觉得虽然自己的东西很便宜，生活也很简朴，但相对于两个孩子来说自己已经很富有了，所以是否富有取决于自己对生活的主观感受。

答案　D